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1 sepolcro
sepolcro s.m. grave, tomb, sepulchre: sepolcro di famiglia, family tomb; sepolcro marmoreo, marble tomb // scendere nel sepolcro, to go to one's last resting place // il Santo Sepolcro, the Holy Sepulchre: Cavaliere del Santo Sepolcro, Knight of the Holy Sepulchre // sepolcro imbiancato, (fig.) whited sepulchre // visita dei Sepolcri, devotion of the seven churches.* * *[se'polkro]sostantivo maschile sepulchre BE, sepulcher AE, grave* * *sepolcro/se'polkro/sostantivo m. -
2 imbiancare
1. v/t whitencon pitture painttessuti bleach2. v/i imbiancarsi go white* * *imbiancare v.tr. to whiten; (con bianco di calce) to whitewash; (con pittura) to paint; (tessuti) to bleach: la neve ha imbiancato i colli, the hills are white with snow; imbiancare le pareti di una stanza, to whitewash the walls of a room; stiamo imbiancando la casa, we're painting the house.◘ imbiancarsi v.intr.pron.1 to become* white, to grow* white, to grow* grey2 (del cielo) to dawn: già imbiancava quando ritornammo a casa, it was already dawning when we came home3 (impallidire) to turn pale: si imbiancò in volto per la paura, he turned pale with fear.* * *[imbjan'kare]1. vt2. vi* * *[imbjan'kare] 1.verbo transitivo1) to whiten; (candeggiare) to bleach [ tessuto]2) (tinteggiare) to paint, to decorate; (con calce) to whitewash2.verbo pronominale imbiancarsi to go* white, to turn white (anche fig.)* * *imbiancare/imbjan'kare/ [1]1 to whiten; (candeggiare) to bleach [ tessuto]; la neve imbianca i tetti the roofs are white with snow2 (tinteggiare) to paint, to decorate; (con calce) to whitewashII imbiancarsi verbo pronominaleto go* white, to turn white (anche fig.). -
3 imbiancare
[imbjan'kare]1. vt2. vi
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